Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We're working at my museum on a strategic approach to our educational outreach with K12 classes and students. I found the article to be a clear starting point for thinking in a fresh way about how our museum can best intersect with schools and artists (and students, in our participatory setting) to develop strong programs.

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Denver Museum Arts Participatory 33

Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2013

It can be easy for front-line staff to feel like second-class citizens; they can''t make it to regular staff meetings, they work on days when other people are off, and their work, while deeply important to our overall mission, can be repetitive and deeply unsexy. participatory museum professional development'

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Facebook Museum Participatory Adopt 55

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Arts Museum Artist Tucson 45

Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

But the point is that the MAH, like just about every other museum in the known universe, was content to define the museum experience as something removed from the outside world, a rarefied church-like space of refined artistic reflection. Her blog, "Museum 2.0," is one of the leading forces working to remake the museum experience.

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Museum History Arts Work 31

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In a straightforward way, Marilyn explains how her team developed a participatory project to improve engagement in a gallery with an awkward entry. What a wonderful resource for classes." --A University of Pittsburgh professor "People who did the responses are older than I expected." --A college student "I really like the post-its.

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Museum Arts Problem Design 45

Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

Others stood and copied pieces of advice (especially classes to take and books to read) carefully into their personal notebooks. Tags: evaluation exhibition design participatory museum usercontent. In the end, the Advice exhibit offered four main experiences--two that were facilitated, and two that were unfacilitated.

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Advice Museum Facilitation Student 31

Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2012

When we talk about making museums or performing arts organizations more participatory and dynamic, those changes are often seen as threatening to the traditional arts experience. What if historic arts experiences were actually a lot more participatory? But what if the "traditional" arts experiences is a myth?

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Greece Arts Industry Participatory 51